Given name & surname
Philippe
“one who loves horses”
Philippe is a variant of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Philippe is a variant of Phillip. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Philippe is a variant of Phillip. An origin associated with Phillip is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philippe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,043
- 3,043 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,355 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,355 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,418 as a first name in 2020; 2,421 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Philippe’s family of names
In French usage, Philippe has a diminutive in Phil. Philippe shares a linguistic root with Philip. Philippe has a related form in Phillip.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Philippe has relatives in 41 languages.
49 related names in 41 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Phillipvariant · German
- Phildiminutive · French
- Phillippelikely variant
- Fifidiminutive · French
- Jean-Phidiminutive · French
- Piloudiminutive · French
- Phiphidiminutive · French
- Pilipdiminutive · French
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Philipcognate · English
- FelipeSpanish
- FilipPolish, Czech
- FilippoItalian
- FilipePortuguese, Basque
- PhilippGerman
- Phillipeequivalent
- Filipposequivalent
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- Philipeequivalent
- FilippEstonian
- Пилипequivalent
- Філіпequivalent
- Pylypequivalent
- Піліпequivalent
- Phylipequivalent
- 菲利普Chinese
- ФилиппRussian
- Flipecognate · Walloon, pcd
- Filippusequivalent
- FilipuComorian
- ФилипSerbian, Bulgarian
- FelipOccitan, Catalan
- Fllipinnormand
- PilypasLithuanian
- FilipsLatvian
- PhilippusLatin
- フィリップJapanese
- Philippoia
- FülöpHungarian
- ΦίλιπποςGreek
- 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌿𐍃Gothic
- ფილიპGeorgian
- Fulippogallo-italique de Sicile
- VilppuFinnish
- FilipoEsperanto, Spanish
- 필립Korean
- FulupBreton
- ՓիլիպպոսArmenian
- PhilippiGerman
People named Philippe
- Philippe of BelgiumKing of the Belgians since 2013born 1960
- Philip IV of FranceKing of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
- Philip II of FranceKing of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
- Philippe CoutinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- Philip VI of FranceKing of France from 1328 to 13501293–1350
- Philip III of Franceking of France from 1270 to 1285 (1245–1285)
- Philip I of Franceking of the Franks from 1060 to 11081052–1108
- Philip V of FranceKing of France and Navarre (r. 1316-1322)1293–1322
- Philippe NoiretFrench actor (1930–2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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